Maternal knowledge and care-seeking behaviors for newborn jaundice in Sagamu, Southwest Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-40

  Ogunlesi, Tinuade A ^a   Abdul, A R ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Health care seeking behavior; Maternal knowledge; Neonatal jaundice; Neonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; KERNICTERUS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NIGERIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919608997     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.146976     Document Type: Article

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